Advanced Diploma of Skin Therapy case studies
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The Advanced Diploma of Skin Therapy (ADST) is a vocational qualification for practitioners who want to move beyond entry-level facial work into advanced skin analysis and technology-assisted treatment. Typical candidates are already working as skin therapists, beauty therapists or dermal clinicians, or are completing a lower-level qualification and want a credential that signals deeper clinical knowledge and independent judgement with clients. The Advanced Diploma of Skin Therapy case studies are 5 cases and about 3,152 words.
1The Retinoid Client Booked for a Peel
A 41-year-old client books a course of six medium-depth salicylic-mandelic peels for post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, spaced two weeks apart, starting Saturday. At consultation she mentions she began tretinoin 0.05% cream eight days ago, prescribed by her GP for acne, applied nightly.
654 words, about 3 min2The Device Malfunction Mid-Session
During a 30-minute radiofrequency facial on a 58-year-old client, the handpiece suddenly delivers an intense heat spike to the left cheek. The client flinches and reports sharp pain.
645 words, about 3 min3The Acne Client Requesting a Deep Cleanse
A 19-year-old presents with moderate inflammatory acne: roughly 15 papules and 4 pustules across both cheeks and the jawline, several excoriated from picking, and a few closed comedones on the forehead. She is on no medication and has never seen a doctor about her skin.
626 words, about 3 min4The Client on Isotretinoin Who Did Not Disclose
Three days after a course of six microneedling sessions with a 1.5 mm depth, a 27-year-old client mentions in passing that she has been taking oral isotretinoin 40 mg daily for the past four months, prescribed by a dermatologist. She says she did not think it was relevant because "it's just a vitamin A tablet".
584 words, about 3 min5The Body Treatment on a Client with Undiagnosed Symptoms
A 52-year-old regular client books a full-leg and abdomen exfoliation and massage treatment. At the start she mentions that over the past three weeks her left calf has become swollen, warm and slightly tender, and that she has had a persistent cough and occasional breathlessness on stairs.
643 words, about 3 min